Mikhail Pozharsky: “Drag and don’t let go”

“Today is an official holiday - Russia Day. Therefore, traffic in the center is blocked, there are a lot of cops and the Cardinal’s National Guard in the center - everything to monitor the safety and peace of people walking in the center,” the publicist writes in his Telegram channel .

“And here you go: 400+ people walking in the center are being screwed , driven with their faces on the asphalt, beaten in the middle of the street, and then in the police departments. All because on a national holiday they went out to the streets of their hometown with yesterday’s newspapers in their hands and T-shirts “I/We are Ivan Golunov” (you can hardly find people with posters in the photo).

What danger and hindrance did they pose in the center of a city that was already closed off, fenced and guarded for festive events? Why did the mayor's office yesterday refuse to make any compromise with the initiators of the march, but at the same time approved the Vinokurova-Gusev rally in violation of the law requiring an application to be submitted 10 days in advance? Why do some people agree, and others use the “law”, detentions, batons and beatings?

There is no rational explanation for this. This is “drag and don’t let go” in its purest form. The desire to suppress any public activity unauthorized from above. Regardless of any additional circumstances."